A story that recounts a series of thrilling events about large bomb attacks carried out by Palestinian youth in Israeli homes in West Germany. The Israeli interrogators wanted to stop these bombings. They identified an eccentric figure of English origin and recruited them as an Israeli agent for them to control the Palestinian networks. Indeed, that agent and her officers have done a privileged job.
There is no shortage of recent parallels to feed the the idea of terror inflamed by aggressive interrogation. But, there's a nihilism at work too, which feels brutally contemporary.
The last episode, in which all this played out, brought things to the boil just in time, and the pulse finally started to quicken as Khalil flirted with the idea that he was being played and for the first time Charlie's life felt genuinely threatened.
Daily Telegraph (UK)
December 27, 2018
Director Park Chan-wook's eye for lush, vibrant colours shone through once again in this finale.
As for the question of Charlie's loyalty, what makes this show so enthralling - and indeed maddening - is that we will probably never know. And neither, it seems, will she.
For a thriller it was perhaps too light on thrills, but anyone berating the BBC for a lack of artistry or ambition should take a look at this and think again.
